It looks like you're using JSTL 1.1 so you can use its length function:
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"; %>
${fn:length(requestScope.newStarters)}
Quoting Allistair Crossley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi guys, simple but annoying problem .. have been following documentation but
> does not happen for me. I have a ArrayList in the request as "newStarters". I
> have tried the following:
>
> Attempt 1
> =========
>
> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; prefix="c" %>
>
> <c:forEach var="newStarter" items="${requestScope.newStarters}">
> x
> <br />
> </c:forEach>
>
> Attempt 2
> =========
>
> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; prefix="c" %>
>
> <jsp:useBean id="newStarters" class="java.util.ArrayList" scope="request" />
> <%= newStarters.size() %>
>
> <c:forEach var="newStarter" items="${requestScope.newStarters}">
> x
> <br />
> </c:forEach>
>
> In this attempt I output the size of my collection and it is 10. I would
> interested how to output the size using EL too. I tried
>
> <c:out value="requestScope.newStarters.size" />
>
> Can anyone help
>
>
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